On Terrys injury we have 3 senior CBs to come in Samba / Elphick / Richards ...between them they must be on 100k a week and i don't think any of them are a viable option ...
I'm not to fussed about the defeat, they happen and I think we'll bounce back in our next few games again.The worrying thing though, was once again we looked devoid of ideas on how to get back into a game once conceeding first, Bruce has found a formula recently to get us picking up results which is to his credit, his next step has to be to sort that mentality out, there has been too many games like it were we conceed and never look slightly like getting back into it. Only then can we think about automatic promotion.
Your attacking midfielder who had a fine game three days ago is unable to play today due to injury. Do you replace him with:a. A talented attacking midfielder who has recently recovered from injury and is an ideal like-for-like replacement?b. A talented young lad from the reserves who scored a hat-trick earlier this week and who knows how to link with your main striker, as he has played numerous games with him at age-limited levels?c. A striker who has scored one goal since January and has looked something of a misfit, despite costing a very large fee?Your name is Steve Bruce. What do you do next?
Clueless absolutely clueless, from the Manager to the players. Why oh why oh why change a winning formation. Handed the freedom of Villa Park to the Wednesday midfield by playing 4-4-2. Oh and that right back had Adomah in his pocket, I’d imagine Albert has only just got out! Dear oh dear.
Quote from: AV82EC on November 04, 2017, 06:32:28 PMClueless absolutely clueless, from the Manager to the players. Why oh why oh why change a winning formation. Handed the freedom of Villa Park to the Wednesday midfield by playing 4-4-2. Oh and that right back had Adomah in his pocket, I’d imagine Albert has only just got out! Dear oh dear.We’ve been moaning at him to stop playing one up front at home. When he doesn’t he gets criticised. We missed Josh’s energy today and I doubt he would’ve changed it if it hadn’t been for his injury. Fcukin injuries piss me off.
Special mention at this time of year for most of the Sheffield Wednesday team doing their best impersonations of the Battle of Somme in the second half.
I can't deny I'm not happy I won't see John Terry in a Villa shirt for a while
Quote from: dcdavecollett on November 04, 2017, 08:19:03 PMYour attacking midfielder who had a fine game three days ago is unable to play today due to injury. Do you replace him with:a. A talented attacking midfielder who has recently recovered from injury and is an ideal like-for-like replacement?b. A talented young lad from the reserves who scored a hat-trick earlier this week and who knows how to link with your main striker, as he has played numerous games with him at age-limited levels?c. A striker who has scored one goal since January and has looked something of a misfit, despite costing a very large fee?Your name is Steve Bruce. What do you do next?That's what I couldn't really understand. I thought we would be playing Hogan pushed right up and looking for flick ons from Davis and through balls from the space he created. Instead, he spent a lot of the game dropping off into deeper positions which he isn't suited to at all. If he was instructed to do that, then why not go with O'Hare or Grealish from the start who actually play in that position?Also, his substitutions seem to be becoming a big of a concern. I still can't quite work out how we ended up with Hogan at left wing against Blues and again it all seemed a bit bizarre. When Snodgrass went off, he had a few options, but decided to stick Hogan out on the wing and bring O'Hare on just off Davis. Come out for the second half, Hogan is back up front and O'Hare has been shifted out to the wing. It just seems all a bit of a panic a and no real thought process going into it.
Quote from: tomd2103 on November 04, 2017, 10:44:18 PMQuote from: dcdavecollett on November 04, 2017, 08:19:03 PMYour attacking midfielder who had a fine game three days ago is unable to play today due to injury. Do you replace him with:a. A talented attacking midfielder who has recently recovered from injury and is an ideal like-for-like replacement?b. A talented young lad from the reserves who scored a hat-trick earlier this week and who knows how to link with your main striker, as he has played numerous games with him at age-limited levels?c. A striker who has scored one goal since January and has looked something of a misfit, despite costing a very large fee?Your name is Steve Bruce. What do you do next?That's what I couldn't really understand. I thought we would be playing Hogan pushed right up and looking for flick ons from Davis and through balls from the space he created. Instead, he spent a lot of the game dropping off into deeper positions which he isn't suited to at all. If he was instructed to do that, then why not go with O'Hare or Grealish from the start who actually play in that position?Also, his substitutions seem to be becoming a big of a concern. I still can't quite work out how we ended up with Hogan at left wing against Blues and again it all seemed a bit bizarre. When Snodgrass went off, he had a few options, but decided to stick Hogan out on the wing and bring O'Hare on just off Davis. Come out for the second half, Hogan is back up front and O'Hare has been shifted out to the wing. It just seems all a bit of a panic a and no real thought process going into it. As much as it's easy to criticise Bruce, it kind of made sense to give Hogan a go today. At home, Kodjia out, two wide men selected and Davis next to him to play off. But Hogan truly was hopeless. Also it's clear that against any reasonable opposition that we can't play a standard 442. So Hogan may soon struggle to make the bench when Kodjia comes back in as it will either be Davis or Kodjia up front.